Finance Systems Assistant

• Engage with unit heads, team leads, fee earners and secretaries across the Group to understand their financial reporting needs and help design, build and roll out these deliverables.
• Continuous monitoring and refinement of existing reporting and any annual updating (e.g., uploading of budgets)
• Collaborate with other business support teams to ensure all new starters are set up appropriately, including the creation of their own tailored reports and dashboards.
• Assistance with resolving ad-hoc financial and non-financial reporting queries logged via the accounts service desk for various stakeholders – this may include the manipulation of data or collation of data from multiple different sources/reports and presenting in a prescribed format that is easily understood by non-accountants.
• Act as a conduit between Accounts, IT and Risk and Compliance, helping to mould the development of the finance systems and data sharing amongst teams.
• Responsibility for ongoing innovation and improvement in the user experience, including new on-screen presentations/visuals and adjustments to existing reporting.
• Liaise with other business improvement workstreams including Power BI implementation, as required.
• Frequently run exception reports and communicate findings with stakeholders to ensure SRA regulations and best practice guidelines are adhered to, such as old file closures and residual balances

Our highly skilled and diverse finance team is dedicated to delivering exceptional accounting services to our exciting and dynamic Professional Services Group. We offer a comprehensive range of services that cater to both legal and non-legal businesses within the Group. Our finance team is meticulously organized into several specialised functions, including Group Accounting, Legal Cashiering, Billing, Credit Management, and Purchasing. This role will sit within our Group Accounting function and will report directly into our Finance Solutions Lead. You will work collaboratively with our wider accounting team, IT, and Risk and Compliance units.

The successful candidate will demonstrate a genuine desire to be part of a rapidly growing business and the drive to continue learning. This role will suit an individual who has a keen interest in systems management and maintenance but without needing to be an IT developer.  We are looking for individuals who have the enthusiasm to drive continuous improvement and can create well established relationships across the business to acquire feedback and implement change.

Candidates will be able to demonstrate the following attributes:

• Experience of using Practice Management/ERP systems, with experience of 3E being advantageous (but full training will be provided)
• A self-starter who is keen to take the initiative and deliver impactful change.
• Strong task management skills including ability to prioritise tasks and manage multiple deliverables across various workstreams.
• Previous experience in a systems-oriented role with experience of dashboard design is desirable.
• Demonstrable experience in computer programming language / application development
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build strong relationships with key stakeholders across the group.
• Collaborative and flexible approach

We have a fantastic Learning and Development team here at Gateley, whose purpose is to support in the professional development of our workforce! There are plenty of opportunities to opt into comprehensive training programmes and relevant courses to support continuous progression and growth.